as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Recent Examples of deliberately
Though Geralt’s hansa succeeds in besting the priest’s deliberately unfair trial — with Regis demonstrating the (unexplained) power to hold a red-hot horseshoe without being burned — the whole thing turns out to be a farce.
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
With this in mind, Browning deliberately worked to humanize the actors.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
In the 1980s, lady beetles began to spread in the United States, following several attempts to deliberately integrate the beetles into the country to control other insect populations.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The chase ended in shocking fashion when an off-duty officer in a Toyota Camry veered into the biker’s path, deliberately collided with him and sent him and his motorcycle soaring into the air.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
With this in mind, Browning deliberately worked to humanize the actors.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
In the 1980s, lady beetles began to spread in the United States, following several attempts to deliberately integrate the beetles into the country to control other insect populations.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The chase ended in shocking fashion when an off-duty officer in a Toyota Camry veered into the biker’s path, deliberately collided with him and sent him and his motorcycle soaring into the air.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
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Sanders has since been charged with intentionally abandoning a child younger than 15 without intent to return, a third-degree felony charge in Texas, according to court documents.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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In February 2025, umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by MLB for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league’s investigation.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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According to Adams, Koehler forced the woman from her upstairs bedroom down to downstairs, purposely disorienting her — the basis for the kidnapping charge he was also found guilty of.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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The premiere ends with a shocking bit of violence that upends the way the two movies unfolded — purposely, IT filmmakers Andy and Barbara Muschietti told The Hollywood Reporter (spoilers contained in that link).—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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